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Heads Talk - The Analysis

The Analysis is part of Heads Talk®: Nexus Rerum: Boardrooms & Statecraft. Here we extend the conversation beyond the principal exchange.

1 or 2 consequential questions from the main episode are placed before a second distinguished voice. An individual deeply embedded in the worlds of business, policy, or geopolitics. Their role is not merely to respond, but to interrogate: to examine the framing of the question, challenge its assumptions, and surface the deeper strategic and intellectual currents that may otherwise remain unspoken.

This is expert analysis, a companion discussion that offers a more deliberate and expansive reflection, where ideas are tested, perspectives are sharpened, and the dialogue evolves beyond its original bounds.

What you will hear is a continuation, not a repetition. A considered counterpoint. A deeper reading of the question at hand, a nuance.

We hope you find The Analysis  both illuminating and indispensable as part of the broader Heads Talk experience.

In this episode, we feature Dr. Jakob Schaad’s analysis of Episode 286 with Michael Feller, Illusion Statecraft: Inside Power, Hidden Architecture & Strategic Deception, focusing on Questions 5 and 6.

Question 5 — Multipolarity:

Is what we describe as a “multipolar world” a genuine rebalancing of power or a fragmentation in which coordination is breaking down?

Question 6 — Myth of Strategic Autonomy:

To what extent is so-called strategic autonomy, particularly among Gulf and mid-tier powers, real and to what extent is it constrained by dependencies that remain deliberately unspoken? 

Further enquiries or to connect with Dr Schaad: jakob@schaadadvisor.ch

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Release Date: 13/05/2026, 13:00:00